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The governor of Maine has lifted a two-year moratorium on the sale of mortgage revenue bonds.

The Federal Reserve unexpectedly refrained from reducing the $85 billion pace of monthly bond buying, saying it needs to see more signs of lasting improvement in the economy.

Pacific Trust Bank has completed its first series of transactions as an approved issuer of Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities.

Hilton Worldwide’s mega-commercial mortgage-backed securitization weighs in at $3.5 billion, making it the largest CMBS since the credit crisis.

NorthStar Healthcare Income has purchased the portion of an $11.25 million loan secured by a senior health care facility located in California.

For the first time ever, the GSEs are creating formal programs to flag defective loans and assess risks in lenders' mortgage processes.

MountainView Servicing Group is marketing two mortgage servicing rights portfolios from unrelated, unidentified sellers, with a combined total unpaid principal balance of about $2.1 billion.

Lowe’s has donated $2 million to Rebuilding Together in order to help the organization complete critical home repairs for low-income families nationwide.

Wells Fargo and RBS priced the $930.8 million commercial mortgage-backed security known as WFRBS 2013-C16.

An order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California filed Monday formally dismissed the suit in line with comments made by the adjudicating judge at a hearing late last week.